11:55 AM,
Oct. 23, 2013

The University of Louisiana-Lafayette's use of "Louisiana'' with its sports teams violates state law.

Written by

Tabby Soignier
Louisiana Gannett

The name game between the University of Louisiana at Monroe and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette was originally intended to benefit both schools.

But now, it appears one of the schools seeks to establish itself as "the University of Louisiana" by dropping any reference to Lafayette in apparent violation of the state law that established the University of Louisiana system.

In August 1999, the former Northeast Louisiana University and the previously named University of Southwestern Louisiana proposed name changes, something one school could not do without the other. ...